Good to know

Good evening.

In finishing this little quilt I decided to use a green thread, usually it would be white. I was trying to decide between two when I wondered if you’d even be able to tell if I used them both. Was the difference too subtle?

The answer was yes, too subtle to notice for a design feature. The peach has the darker, the blue the lighter green. But then I also thought if I were to run out of a color that a similar color would work. I wouldn’t have to run to the store and no one else would be the wiser. Good to know.

I put it on the long wall in my new sewing room. We moved in last April. I intend to fill this wall to the ceiling with art of some kind, mostly quilts. There’s a ways to go.

Here’s a better shot of the new addition.

See ya.

P.S. Thank you for the comments on my last post. I truly felt like I was walking into an empty room talking to myself. It’s been sooo long. You made me feel welcomed back. Ya made me smile.

 

MODERN

January 14, 2017

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Scraps

Scraps. They breed on their own, we all know it.

 

I decided to contain them in a basket and made the rule that when it got full I had to sew them up. So I did, improv, cut into 9″ squares. They made good backs, and a few fronts. But that gets boring after a few hundred blocks.

Note to self: Perhaps the size of scrap that goes into the basket needs to be smaller so they don’t fill the basket so quickly. Hm.

So I separated them by color and again with the improv cut into 9″ blocks.

Always love crosses, so some improv crosses. That was fun.

Now what other patterns can you sew with scraps? Because this quilt, though 63″ x 72″ did not make much of a dent in the scrap basket.

See ya.

 

 

MODERN

January 7, 2017

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Fabric Fusion

My friend Jeri shared a quilt she’d sewn from the pattern Fabric Fusion. She used primitive colors with muslin. I kept thinking about it and since I had some bright scraps…

I tried a few blocks with a light grey sash (second row). Not too good, the grey blended right in with the other fabrics. So I tried it with white, but then I had one row of grey and one of white sash. Did not want another random what-am-I-supposed-to-do-with-this UFO. Hey, why not continue the graduation to charcoal?

That was fun. I’ve been sewing a lot lately. Cutting out kits to take to retreat and a sew day coming up soon with friends but then I want to sew them up. Oh well. It’s nice to have the time to do so…and the fabric to do it with!

quilty miscellaneous

March 24, 2013

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